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Woman, birds unite over Christmas wreath LONDON, Jan. 17 (UPI) -- A London woman has allowed her holiday cheer to run over, keeping a Christmas wreath on her front door for a pair of robins to live in. Christmas web sales hit £7.7bn UK consumers spent £7.66bn shopping online in the ten-week run up to Christmas, a report says. Christmas sales of iPods hit the right note for Apple Apple sold 21 million iPods in the last three months of last year, blowing through even the most bullish forecasts and confirming the music player as the must-have gadget for Christmas for another year. Club-goers light up Luminars Christmas The nightclub operator Luminar shrugged off fears of a slowdown yesterday, reporting encouraging sales over Christmas, including a 3.1 per cent rise in sales from continuing operations rising over the five weeks to 4 January. Argos upbeat despite a poor Christmas Home Retail Group yesterday told the City to upgrade their profit forecasts despite posting disappointing Christmas sales at its Argos and Homebase chains. Shoppers spend £7.6bn on the internet in run-up to Christmas Shoppers in the UK spent £7.6 billion over the internet in the run-up to Christmas, more than double the amount expended over the same ten-week period in 2004.... Woolworths reveals fall in Christmas sales WOOLWORTHS revealed more detail on its Christmas troubles yesterday when it announced like-for-like sales fell 4.6% in the six weeks to January 13. Short Of Christmas Goal... 2007 is off to a disappointing start for the local Salvation Army....coming up just short of its Christmas fund raising goal. At Christmas, in Iraq, sometimes you just need a knife This holiday season, I learned a valuable lesson: Sometimes you just need a knife. It was Christmas morning and my wife and I were gathered with family for a gift exchange at the in-laws house in Neodesha. Shoppers embrace Christmas spirit Generous New Zealand shoppers have raised more than $32,000 for charity at Christmas. | ||